Abnormal crossing

Chapter 100: The Lost Burning Crusade Exploration Team (New Year's Big Cup!)
Although there is no atmospheric structure on the planet marked as node T8097, sound waves cannot be transmitted normally.

But with the help of portable devices.

The content of the conversation between Milo and Qiao Kewen was clearly heard by Gu Wei and Li Zi.

"?!"

Looking at the empty ground in front of them, Gu Wei and Li Zi's breathing stopped almost at the same time. They took two steps back, and a sense of horror rose in their hearts.

what happened?

Something unexpected happened?

Chestnut, who was drinking a drink in Jokovin's mouth, subconsciously touched the corner of his mouth, but there was no stain of the drink on his lips at all.

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Seeing this, Milo also protected Gu Wei and Li Zi and took two steps back. His eyes suddenly became sharp: "Captain Qiao Kewen, you are taking this joke a bit too far."

Milo said as he looked around. At the same time, the Flutter Flutter in the distance also went into alert.

Of course, it's just a precaution.

After all, the patrol system within the Blue Bridge Galaxy is quite complete, and each jump point is equipped with an energy detection device called a ripple receiving array to monitor various situations over a long period of time.

Any energy fluctuation that exceeds the patrol line will attract the attention of the monitoring system and patrol troops will be dispatched quickly.

Once identified as engaging in destructive behavior, the relevant personnel must at least pay a huge fine, and in serious cases, they may even have to cry behind bars for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, Milo's worst judgment of the situation at this moment was that Jokovin was just deliberately disgusting them and making fun of them.

just
I don't seem to have offended him, is it necessary to make such a joke?
Milo's eyes flickered rapidly, and he tried to guide himself not to think of another more bizarre possibility.

However, as Milo protected Gu Wei and retreated, Qiao Kewen laughed twice in relief:
"Well, I told you, Captain Milo, you are just as fond of bluffing as Mr. Gookin. You can see it clearly but you still pretend to be stupid."

"Come here, part of the thing is here, and the other part is inside the hatch. You can check it out."

Followed by.

The figure of Jokowin in the Startalker screen tilted slightly, and his sight shifted away from the screen, as if he was really communicating with someone in reality.

To be precise.

Jokovin was talking to "Milo".

The Startalker platform that was not shut down seemed to have become a third-party perspective like a camera, recording the passing of the world as a passerby.

Seeing this, Milo's expression became more and more confused.

Then he glanced at Gu Wei and Li Zi beside him, gestured to them to keep quiet, and indicated that they should continue observing.

Whether it is a real trick or there is something else going on, we should be able to know the answer soon.

Another few minutes passed.

Jokovin looked past the Star Talker and towards Milo in front of him: "Since the cargo has been verified to be correct, Captain Milo, it's almost time for you to pay."

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Milo waited quietly for a while, and when he found that there was no further news, he seemed to realize something.

He just clicked on the personal center, entered the amount and number, and transferred the money to Jokovin's account.

Ding~
As the transfer prompt sounded.

A bright smile instantly appeared on Qiao Kewen's face, but it looked very strange to Milo: "Captain Milo, you are such a straightforward person. You can always come to me if you need any business next time. Since you have something to leave, I won't keep you here for now."

Say it.

Qiao Kewen hung up the Star Talker platform.

at the same time.

ka ka ka-

There was a noise coming from the hatch of the Tongliao Khan, and two flatbed four-wheeled carts carrying some objects drove out and slowly stopped in front of Milo and others.

Milo and Gu Wei Li Zi looked at each other, all three of them were confused: "."

Milo then walked to the two flatbed trucks, took out a booklet at random and flipped through it. He saw the emblem of the Machine Soul Sect printed on the title page, and some graffiti and text records on the back.

Seeing this, Gu Wei followed Li Zi and walked forward, pulling out a straw mat.

He felt the texture of the mat, looked up and asked Milo: "Captain, what is this?"

"I don't know what happened either," Milo shook his head calmly and reopened the crew bracelet: "Jin, you saw the whole process, right?"

"Yes, pay attention to the whole process," Jin's voice soon rang out from the bracelet: "I will rush over with Meimei now. I asked Kai to go to the battle cabin first. In addition, Meimei's main thread is also monitoring the Khan. Judging from the energy radar, the other party should not intend to take off."

Milo glanced at the still-open hatch, as if staring into an abyss: "Okay, come as soon as possible."

After hanging up the communication.

Milo exhaled forcefully.

be honest.

[There is something wrong with what Giocovin is holding] This statement is completely reasonable from a purely logical point of view.

Even before contacting Giocovin, Milo took the initiative to list several key points, including this possibility.

At the same time, for Milo, an explorer who is determined to find the first civilization, the existence of changes is actually good news in a sense - changes are at least better than stagnant water.

But the problem is that Milo's focus is more on the objects in Joekovin's hands, that is, the [problem] will occur during the research process of putting the things on the spacecraft.

Even if his imagination is as big as Melody's, he would never have thought that something as weird as seeing a ghost would happen.
We were chatting happily the whole time and wanted to sleep together, but in the end we found out that the other person was a 2D person, skr~

more importantly.

I had already opened the champagne but suddenly something went wrong. Am I really going to chew on the axe of the Chestnut Mecha?

that's it.

With very subtle emotions, Milo and Gu Weilizi waited there for a while.

After a few minutes.

Another aircraft came flying rapidly from a distance. After landing, Jin jumped down with Meeme, who had changed into human-like skin again.

"Milo," Jin walked quickly to Milo's side and looked ahead: "Are there any new changes?"

“No, it’s the same as before,” Milo shook his head, made way, pointed at two flatbed four-wheelers and said, “Take a look at this first.”

Jin hummed, walked with her long legs to the flatbed cart, took out a manuscript and started reading it.

A few minutes later.

Jin put down the manuscript: "It is the original and authentic one. It contains some records of parameters related to stars."

Milo nodded slightly.

Alie had said a long time ago that the contents of the manuscript were stellar parameters. It was precisely because the manuscript had nothing to do with the theoretical research of the Machine Soul Sect that second-hand dealers were unwilling to spend money to buy those relics.

In other words.

Judging from the transaction process alone, Jokovin did not cheat.
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Then Milo glanced at the hatch of the spaceship a hundred meters away from them and asked Jin, "Jin, what do you think?"

"There are too few clues now, it's hard to say," Jin thought for a moment, his fingertips running across the utility room on the flatbed four-wheeler. "What we can be sure of now is that we can't see Qiao Kewen, but he can see us and communicate with us from our perspective. However, when it comes to physical interaction, it must be completed by both of us."

"Milo, contact Jokovin again, just find a reason."

"it is good."

Milo nodded crisply and reopened the Astropath platform.

After a while.

Swah——

Qiao Kewen's figure reappeared in front of Milo, with a hint of doubt in his expression: "Captain Milo, what's the matter?"

"Yes, you hung up a little too hastily just now, and there are some things we haven't finished talking about yet," Milo chuckled twice, and there was nothing unusual about him. "Our transaction was quite pleasant, so I thought we might have a chance to continue our cooperation - you know that long-distance drivers like me often bring things to people, and to be honest, I'm short of some goods recently."

"Oh?" Qiao Kewen became interested: "What goods do you want?"

"To be honest, there are quite a lot of them. It's hard to make a list right now," Milo blinked and asked casually, "How about you tell me where the fleet is going next? I want to see if there are any specialties I can buy along the way?"

"What's next?" Qiao Kewen thought for a while. "I just took off from the T8097 node. I should stay in the Blue Bridge Galaxy until my ticket expires, and then go to the planet Querke to settle a task. If there is a demand for ore, I should be able to help."

"Just took off from node T8097?" Milo's pupils shrank, and he quickly glanced at the Khan spaceship with its hatch still wide open not far away: "No one really asks me to bring ore. My clients prefer things like the Machine Soul Sect and the Primordial Black Hole."

"I understand, you're a collector of rare items," Joe Koven gave Milo an "I understand" look, and asked curiously, "How much can you make from these things you collect from me? Can you double it?" Milo waved his hands quickly, "How can it be doubled? It's good enough to make some money for gas. It's not easy to travel long distances these days. I didn't even want to replace the engine I saw a few days ago."

Milo chatted with Jokovin for a few words, and after happily hanging up the phone, his expression suddenly became extremely serious: "There is a problem with Jokovin's spaceship."

Jin also nodded.

If there were other possibilities before the communication, then when Jokovin said, "I just took off from node T8097," all the clues pointed to Jokovin's side:
Something must have happened to the Burning Crusade exploration team.

Then Li Zi tilted his head and looked at the Khan spaceship in the distance: "Could it be another space beyond numbers?"

"Impossible," Li Zi said, and Jin and Meimei denied her guess at the same time: "Although the Transcendental Space can indeed eliminate the body, the creatures in the space cannot communicate with the outside world. Moreover, the attack from the Transcendental Space comes from the top leaders of the Ancient Tower. Qiao Kewen and his men are only involved in the Machine Soul Sect. The difference between the two is still very obvious."

Seeing this, Li Zi said "oh" but didn't insist on his own idea: "So what should we do now?"

Swah——

Including Li Zi who asked the question, everyone immediately looked at Milo.

It is clear.

There are only three paths before us now:
One is to stay out of the matter, take the miscellaneous items of the Machine Soul Sect and return to the Puleng Puleng, leaving this place of trouble.

The second is to contact the patrol force of the Blue Bridge Galaxy and report the specific situation to them for handling.

Three is naturally. Now let’s get into the spaceship and take a look.

To be fair.

If it was an ordinary abnormal event, Milo would definitely choose one of the first two options. After all, an experienced driver like him would definitely try to avoid trouble as much as possible.

But the problem is that the situation encountered by Jokoven or the Burning Crusade is related to the Machine Soul Sect, and now the Machine Soul Sect has been proven to have a close connection with the first generation civilization.

This way.

Milo couldn't pretend that this had never happened.

So soon.

Milo made a decision: "Let's go in and take a look. Li Zi, protect Gu Wei and Jin. Gu Wei, let Big Eyes start the scanning module - after all, the spaceship is someone else's territory, and he might be able to use it more effectively than Mee Mee."

"As for Meow Meow, you have no entity and are just a sub-thread, so just explore the way ahead."

Everyone nodded.

Then Mee Mee floated in front of the crowd, Jin and Gu Wei were in the middle, Milo and Tianli stood on both sides with weapons in their hands, and the group started walking towards Qiao Kewen's spaceship with shields.

A distance of about a hundred meters is not long. Not long after they set off, they arrived at the entrance of the spacecraft.

Maybe it’s because of the mass-produced spacecraft.

The Tongliao Khan is similar in size to the Puleng Puleng, except that its tail is slightly longer and thinner, like the tail of a small mouse.

And it is different from the circular gate of the Flutter Flutter.

The hatch of the Chokoven spacecraft is in the shape of a standard square, with a brown metal floor and leads straight forward.

blah-

When Milo just stepped into the inner passage, he couldn't help but let out a light exclamation and looked down at the place where the sole of his boot touched the metal floor.

I saw a lot of fine dewdrops condensed on the coated surface of the boots. These water droplets, less than 0.1 mm in diameter, were floating upwards against gravity, drawing spider-silk-like shiny thin lines between the soles of the boots and the ground.

Milo tapped the ground with the tip of his shoe and asked Baa, "Baa, what is this?"

Meow Meow floated to Milo's side, and two lasers shot out from her projected eyes: "It should be a man-made liquid, without any harmful substances, and its tension is about thirty-seven times that of water. It is forming a nanoscale capillary structure. In simple terms, it wants to form the shape of cheese and stick your shoes to the ground."

"As for whether it has anything to do with the incident, I'm not sure. After all, every team in the Star Ocean has a different style and technical reserves."

Milo nodded.

indeed.

Although he is considered an experienced driver with many years of experience, he still cannot say that he understands the habits of all his peers.

For example, some fleets transporting goods in mining areas have very high requirements for the coefficient of ground friction. After all, if the trucks loading and unloading goods slip, it can easily cause additional damage to the goods.

Therefore, it is possible that this high-tension liquid was invented by his colleague, Jokovin, himself. The specific situation needs further exploration.

What really made Milo feel that something was a little abnormal was the behavior of another colleague - to be precise, MeeMee's colleague.

That is.
The ship spirit of Jokovin's fleet.

To know.

During delivery, two flatbed trucks can be driven out from the side of the cabin, which means that there is a kind of "command control" inside the spacecraft.

But now that they have all entered the spaceship, the ship spirit on board has not given any response at all.
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Milo and the others then continued to move forward. After a few steps, a group of devices flashing green light appeared in front of them.

Jin stepped forward and took a look: "The spacecraft's anti-static device is operating normally."

After saying that, she took out a small box from her body and lightly pressed a button with her index finger. A purple light from the top of the small box illuminated a module similar to a control center next to the indicator light.

after awhile.

Click——

Jin extinguished the purple light and put the small box back into her pocket. "The last manual inspection of the airlock was forty-six days ago, and the self-inspection was at noon twenty-four days ago."

Milo and Meow Meow looked at each other.

As expected, there was a problem with the boat spirit.

The inspection and maintenance of parts for large spacecraft has always been a key link. However, with the advanced technology these days, the inspection and maintenance of parts are generally carried out as a combination of self-inspection by the ship and periodic manual inspection.

Manual inspections are conducted approximately once every three months, and the forty-six days that Jin checked were not obviously abnormal.

But
The self-inspection frequency of the ship spirit is basically measured in hours, and real-time monitoring must be carried out during the flight, especially for key modules such as the anti-static device. In theory, it is impossible to relax before the spacecraft is destroyed.

The group then continued along the silver corridor marked as Channel B-2 and soon arrived at the next area.

There are seven hibernation capsules arranged in three rows in the area, and the light blue hatches are all closed. Vacuum protective suits are neatly stacked in the emergency supply cabinets on the wall. The area is not large but very tidy.

Li Zi looked up at the label: "The temporary rest cabin is actually arranged on the first floor."

"Well, it may be related to Qiao Kewen's previous habits," Milo could understand his colleague's thoughts: "Didn't Banzi say that he was a chief engineer for three years before starting his own business? The chief engineer's rest area is usually on the first floor. Jin, you should check the situation and pay attention to safety."

Jin nodded, then walked forward, took out the small box and fiddled with it for a while.

Seeing this, Gu Wei felt a little curious - a small box with black technology, could it be the legendary little black box?

Cough
After a while.

Jin took the small box back and said, "The pressure gauges show that everything is maintained at standard values. On average, 4.2 cabins are activated every day. The distribution of usage time is in line with the five-person shift system. The last activation date was days ago."

"Also 24 days ago." Milo stroked his chin. "The ship spirit also stopped self-inspection 24 days ago. So the time of the accident should be 24 days ago."

Twenty-four days ago
Milo remembered clearly that it had only been eight days since Jokovin and his companions entered the Blue Bridge System.

In other words.

Did something go wrong with the Jokovin fleet before it arrived at the garbage galaxy?
Thinking of this, Milo frowned subconsciously.

He thought that the timing of Qiao Kewen's accident had something to do with Gu Wei - for example, it was some influence when Gu Wei transformed into the Wrath of Fisherman.

After all, the Fisherman's Wrath and the Machine Soul Sect's miscellaneous items in Joe Koven's hands were found in the same laboratory, so this logic is easy to connect together.

But if the accident happened 24 days ago
At that time, the Flutter Flutter was still on its way to the planet Siqiya. Gu Wei hadn't even come into contact with the Wrath of the Fisherman, let alone transforming into a mecha.
Could it be that I had preconceived ideas and subconsciously put the blame on the Machine Soul Sect's debris, when in fact there were other reasons that caused the incident?

Then Milo led everyone to continue exploring forward.

结果
everything is normal.

For example, there are more than 20 standard containers in the cargo hold area, fixed to the ground by magnetic locks. Milo randomly checked one and found a standard model hydraulic valve produced by Ergen Heavy Industry.

For example, the white walls of the medical cabin are spotless, the first aid robot is quietly parked on the charging station, and even the blade speed of the air duct structure is extremely stable.

Even the hydroponic farm in the eco-room is completely normal, with all kinds of cultivated plants growing well, and the water absorption curve of the automatic irrigation system completely matching the culture solution supply record.

In other words, except for the captain, crew members and ship spirit, even the ordinary procedures on the entire spacecraft were not affected in the slightest.

after an hour.

The group finally stopped outside the only remaining area.

That is, the spacecraft
Main control room.

Note:
Happy New Year everyone! We will spend the New Year in the hospital again this year.
(End of this chapter)